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Costs of weaponry: Unarmed males sire more offspring than armed males in a male‐dimorphic mite

Morphological structures used as weapons in male–male competition are not only costly to develop but are also probably costly to maintain during adulthood. Therefore, having weapons could reduce the energy available for other fitness‐enhancing actions, such as post‐copulatory investment. We tested t...

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Udgivet i:J Evol Biol
Main Authors: Van den Beuken, Tom P. G., Duinmeijer, Chris C., Smallegange, Isabel M.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7379726/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30422392
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13402
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